Uniqlo cut 90% of staff at one warehouse by replacing them with robots

Uniqlo cut 90% of staff at one warehouse by replacing them with robots

The company recently remodeled the existing warehouse with an automated system created in partnership with Daifuku, a provider of material handling systems.

Now that the system is running, the company revealed during a walkthrough of the new facility, Uniqlo has been able to cut staff at the warehouse by 90%.

The warehouse can now also operate 24 hours a day.

Quartz

https://qz.com/1419418/uniqlo-cut-90-of-staff-at-one-warehouse-by-replacing-them-with-robots/

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